The photographs in this series, created throughout Poland and Ukraine , document the disappearing population of Holocaust survivors and their lives within the vanishing shtetls (small towns) of Eastern Europe . The work also offers a glimpse into the reemergence of Jewish life and culture in Central and Eastern Europe that is beginning to transform some of the larger communities.

Speaker: Professor Jan Gross, Princeton University (History), author of Neighbors and Fear*Title: Seminar on the Polish reception of Neighbors and Fear.Location: University of Dallas (room and time in the afternoon, to be announced).*Title: The Killing and Plunder of the Jews by Their Neighbors in Nazi-Occupied PolandLocation: SMU Hughes-Trigg Student Center Forum, 7–10 p.m.

This event will include screening and discussion of the film, God on Trial (which depicts a fictional “trial” of God by prisoners at Auschwitz ).Location: SMU Perkins School of Theology Prothro Great Hall, 5–10 p.m.

**November 12

Symposium: Holocaust Survivors: Stories of ResiliencePresenters: Roberta R. Greene, PhD, MSW, PI, John Templeton Foundation (JTF) grant, University of Texas, School of Social Work, and Harriet L. Cohen, PhD, MSW, co-investigator JTF, Texas Christian University, Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Department of Social Work

A panel comprised of Holocaust historians, educators, and survivors, gerontologists, social workers and pastoral care clergy will discuss findings from a study on resilience,

forgiveness, and survivorship among older Holocaust survivors, as described by the participants of a recent mixed methods national study of 133 Holocaust survivors aged 68 to 9.Location: SMU Perkins School of Theology Prothro Great Hall, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Title: Music Out of the AshesPerformers: Professors Virginia Dupuy ( SMU Meadows School of the Arts), Chris Anderson ( SMU Perkins School of Theology) and John Holbert ( SMU Perkins School of Theology)

This lecture/performance will focus on Victor Ullmann’s “Der Kaiser von Atlantis,” an opera written in Theresienstadt but not performed until the 1970s. The evening will include scenes from the opera interspersed with commentary about the camp, the music, and the composer.Location: SMU Perkins School of Theology Prothro Great Hall, 5 – 10 p.m.

**November 23

Title: Is Art Worth a Life?: Hitler, War and the Monuments Men (interactive presentation with slides and video clips)

Presenter: Robert Edsel, the author of Rescuing DaVinci and The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, co-producer of the documentary film Rape of Europa, and founding President of the Monuments Men Foundation, an organization dedicated to the recovery and preservation of Nazi-looted art.Location: SMU Perkins School of Theology Prothro Great Hall, 5 – 10 p.m.

The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education & Tolerance is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust, and to teaching the moral and ethical response to prejudice, hatred and indifference, for the benefit of all humanity.